More Repressive

February 28, 1985|The Morning Call

To the Editor:

Mr. Verbalis' letter of Feb. 21 equated the genocidal invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet socialists with our support of repressive governments in Central America. He condemns the contras for trying to overthrow the Sandinistas by using terrorist tactics, the same tactics the Sandinistas used to expel the repressive Somoza regime.

The Sandinistas are much more repressive than Somoza was. One example is the Miskito Indians, who lived in peace on their historical lands until the genocidal Sandinista socialists decided to relocate them, killing those who resisted incorporation into the Marxist economic system. Also, a former Sandinista, Eden Pastora Gomez, known as Commander Zero, is now fighting those who broke their promises of freedom by installing a pro-Soviet socialist dictatorship, holding sham elections and building up an army of conquest.

Mr. Verbalis claims and complains about President Reagan wanting governments subservient to U.S. interests. I ask you, the reader, which do you prefer, a government in Central America to be subservient to the interests of the empire of Soviet socialists or aligned with the freely elected U.S. government? I can't think of one country that does what the U.S. wants 100 percent of the time, but I can name over a dozen that obey Moscow without question.